Palanga

Palanga is a seaside resort in the region of Lithuania. It includes a string of smaller resorts from the edge of Klaipėda city to the border with Latvia and the regional airport; in 2023 it had a population of 18,132.
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  • Type: Town with 15,700 residents
  • Description: resort town in Lithuania
  • Also known as: Palangos” and “Polanga

Places of Interest

Highlights include Muzeum of amber and Tiškevičiai Palace, Palanga.

Museum
The Palanga Amber Museum, near the Baltic Sea in Palanga, , is a branch of the . It is housed in the restored 19th-century and is surrounded by the Palanga Botanical Garden.

The Tiškevičiai Palace, Tiskevičius Palace is a Neo-Renaissance style building in Palanga, , built for the Tyszkiewicz family. The construction was started in 1893 and finished in 1897.

Scenic viewpoint
is a to the Baltic Sea located in Palanga, the most popular and biggest summer resort in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vanagupė and Kunigiškiai.

Suburb
is a suburb.

Suburb
Photo: Ttk371, CC BY 3.0.
is a suburb.

Palanga

Latitude
55.923° or 55° 55′ 23″ north
Longitude
21.0683° or 21° 4′ 6″ east
Population
15,700
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
IATA airport code
PLQ
United Nations Location Code
LT PLQ
Open location code
9G73W3F9+58
Open­Street­Map ID
node 33775541
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
596238
Wiki­data ID
Q2047414
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Palanga” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Palanga
  • Albanian: Palanga
  • Arabic: بالانغا (لتوانيا)
  • Arabic: بالانغا
  • Armenian: Պալանգա
  • Azerbaijani: Palanqa
  • Azerbaijani: Pаlаnqа
  • Belarusian: Паланга
  • Bulgarian: Паланга
  • Catalan: Palanga
  • Cebuano: Palanga
  • Central Kurdish: پاڵانگا
  • Chinese: Palanga
  • Chinese: 帕兰加
  • Cornish: Palanga
  • Croatian: Palanga
  • Czech: Palanga
  • Danish: Palanga bykommune
  • Danish: Palanga
  • Dimli (individual language): Palanga
  • Dutch: Palanga
  • Egyptian Arabic: بالانجا
  • Esperanto: Palanga
  • Estonian: Palanga
  • Finnish: Palanga
  • French: Municipalité de Palanga-ville
  • French: Palanga
  • French: Polangen
  • Georgian: პალანგა
  • German: Palanga
  • German: Polangen
  • Greek: Παλανγκά
  • Greek: Παλάνγκα
  • Hebrew: פלאנגה
  • Hungarian: Palanga
  • Indonesian: Palanga, Lituania
  • Indonesian: Palanga
  • Italian: Palanga
  • Japanese: パランガ
  • Kalaallisut: Palanga
  • Kashubian: Palanga
  • Korean: 팔랑가
  • Kurdish: Palanga
  • Latgalian: Palanga
  • Latvian: Palanga
  • Latvian: Palangas pilsētas pašvaldība
  • Latvian: Polaga
  • Latvian: Połąga
  • Lithuanian: Palanga
  • Macedonian: Паланга
  • Min Nan Chinese: Palanga
  • Moksha: Паланга
  • Northern Frisian: Palanga
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Palanga bykommune
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Palanga
  • Norwegian: Palanga bykommune
  • Norwegian: Palanga
  • Ossetian: Палангæ
  • Persian: پالانگا
  • Piemontese: Palanga
  • Polish: Palanga
  • Polish: Połąga
  • Portuguese: Palanga
  • Pushto: پالانګا
  • Romanian: Palanga
  • Russian: Паланга
  • Russian: Паланген
  • Russian: Пеланген
  • Russian: Поланген
  • Russian: Полонга
  • Samogitian: Palanga
  • Samogitian: Palanguos savėvaldībė
  • Samogitian: Palonga
  • Scots: Palanga
  • Serbian: Паланга
  • Serbo-Croatian: Palanga
  • Silesian: Palanga
  • Slovak: Palanga
  • Slovenian: Palanga
  • Spanish: Palanga
  • Swahili: Palanga
  • Swedish: Palanga
  • Tatar: Паланга
  • Turkish: Palanga (kent)
  • Turkish: Palanga
  • Ukrainian: Паланга
  • Ukrainian: Паланґа
  • Upper Sorbian: Palanga
  • Urdu: پالانگا
  • Uzbek: Palanga
  • Vietnamese: Palanga
  • Volapük: Palanga
  • Wu Chinese: 帕兰加
  • Palonga

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